COVID-19: Around 45 mln pushed into global food insecurity, says FAO report
Around 33 million reside in South and South east Asia, remainder in sub-Saharan Africa
Lost childhood: COVID-19, floods trigger child trafficking in Bihar
State’s battered economy provides fertile ground to human traffickers
COVID-19: Odisha becomes first state to extend lockdown
Approximately 3.1 million families receive food grains from 12,556 fair price shops
Is telemedicine useful tool to fight COVID-19?
Hospitals should be prepared to use tele-health as a tool in fighting the outbreak
Odisha sal seed pickers face Amphan, COVID-19 double whammy
Sal seed procurement was delayed because of Cyclone Amphan
Cyclone Amphan: Waterlogging sparks COVID-19 infection fear in Bengal
Amphan fiercest cyclone to hit Bengal in last few decades, says IMD
Bihar govt teams carrying out operations against locust swarms
The insects have spread to 11 districts of the state in the past four days
COVID-19 impact pushes India’s $5 trillion dream 3 yrs farther
Policymakers must focus equally on all 3 sectors: Agriculture, industry, services
COVID-19: Developing countries in unprecedented debt situation
Demand for a ‘global debt deal’ picks up
COVID-19: Sales hit, Odisha sculptors struggle to stay afloat
Absence of tourists and cancelled festival celebrations have hit their livelihood
Global Hunger Index: Why is India trailing?
India ranked 94 in global hunger index 2020 among 107 countries
India is nowhere close to herd immunity, countrywide serosurvey shows
Upcoming winter season and festivals could heighten COVID-19 challenge, say officials
COVID-19: What about 1.5 mln UP children who missed vaccination schedule
Summer, monsoon onset increase chances of measles, influenza
One dead in Ankleshwar factory blast
Second industrial accident in Gujarat in as many weeks
Convalescent plasma therapy may go off Indian protocol for COVID-19: ICMR
PM Modi urges citizens to follow precautions during upcoming festive season
How COVID-19 made forest rights battle tougher for Tharu women
The Adivasi women of Lakhimpur Khiri in eastern UP show resilience
COVID-19: Naveen wants to bring back Odisha migrants
State government to provide Rs 2,000 incentive to those who complete 14-day quarantine
Bharat Biotech’s vaccine, Covaxin not as effective as Serum Institutes of India’s Covishield
Study led by National Centre for Biological Sciences intended to shape future vaccine strategies by offering insights into the immunity acquired …
Bird flu outbreak in Andhra: Could H5N1 spark next pandemic? New paper warns of risks
Over 48 mammal species infected with virus since 2020; threat of mutation that sustains human-to-human transmission
How safe is your hand sanitiser
The government hasn’t had much control over India’s hand sanitising manufacturers, who have mushroomed amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Are COVID-19 boosters ethical, with half the world waiting for a first shot? A bioethicist weighs in
It’s unfair for richer countries to use up more of global vaccine supply while 58% of people in the world have not received their first …
One month in, how Biden has changed disaster management and the US COVID-19 response
In direct contrast to his predecessor, US President Joe Biden is treating this as a national-scale crisis requiring a comprehensive national …
The top scientific breakthrough for 2020 was understanding SARS-CoV-2 and how it causes COVID-19 – and then developing multiple vaccines
History will record this time as one of the greatest periods for scientific advancements
Scientists are on a path to sequencing 1 million human genomes, use big data to unlock genetic secrets
If researchers wanted to understand humanity in all its diversity, it would take sequencing thousands or millions of complete genomes. Now, a …
How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts
Pandemics can alter a society’s fundamental worldview, upend core economic structures and sway power struggles among nations